#B236BA#B236BA

#B236BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.217 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236BA
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 186)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 71%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 65.37, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 79.02, 325.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1785 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.217 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5415, 15.6503, 47.9624)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236BA #3EBA36

analogous

#7036BA #B236BA #BA3680

triadic

#B236BA #BAB236 #36BAB2

tetradic

#B236BA #BA7036 #3EBA36 #3680BA

square

#B236BA #BA7036 #3EBA36 #3680BA

split-complementary

#B236BA #80BA36 #36BA70

monochromatic

#571A5B #85288B #B236BA #C95DD0 #D98DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#B236BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B236BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236BA

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236BA	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1264BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5273B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.217 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79cf',
    500: '#b236ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236ba;
$custom-light: #cd79cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56729,
    "c": 0.21707,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236BA

secondary

#88C884

accent

#DE4952

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236BA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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